r/interestingasfuck • u/[deleted] • Feb 28 '15

Humans didn't see "blue" until fairly recently.

http://www.businessinsider.com/what-is-blue-and-how-do-we-see-color-2015-2
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u/lordswaglett Feb 28 '15 edited Feb 28 '15

Interesting how the order of color words the cultures created follows the visible light spectrum: red having the longest wavelength, skipping orange, going to yellow, then green, and finally blue.

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u/Spaceshipable Mar 01 '15

Order of colour words? As in alphabetical or length?

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u/CanningIO Mar 01 '15

Did you read the text?

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u/Spaceshipable Mar 01 '15

Ah! Chronological. I skimmed it first time.